1.  Why has a federal grand jury in California indicted a famous Hmong resistance leader and 10 other men?

2.  How did U.S. authorities discover the Hmong plans for Laos?

3.  What percent of Laos's population was predicted to support the plan?

4.  What was estimated to be the cost of the operation?  Who would fund the operation?

5.  Define coup.  What were General Pao and his co-defendants' motives for the coup?

6.  What defense are the accused likely to use?

7.  Read the excerpt below, "POLITICAL RIGHTS AND CIVIL LIBERTIES IN COMMUNIST LAOS".  Then answer these questions based on this information, the assumption of the coup conspirators that 75-80% of Laos's population would support an overthrow of the government and that communist party leaders of Laos would be killed in the takeover:
a) Do you support General Pao's attempt to lead a coup in Laos?
b) Do you support the grand jury's indictment against the conspirators?
c) Do you think the conspirators should go to prison?
Explain your answers.